Text 28] What Prahlada Learned in the Womb W

yathd svapne Siras chedam
svayam krtvatmano vasah

tato duhkham avapyeta
tatha jdgarito "pi tu
Janann apy atmano duhkham
avasas tu pravartate

One must realize that the material condition of life is full of distresses.
One can realize this with purified intelligence. When one’s intelligence is
purified, he can understand that unwanted, temporary, material life is
just like a dream. Just as one suffers pain when his head is cut off in a
dream, in ignorance one suffers not only while dreaming but also while
awake. Without the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one
continues in ignorance and is thus subjected to material distresses in
various ways.

TEXT 28
TATRA: Baek BAT TTTAATT |
diate att: waretazat Pra: 1zcll

tasmad bhavadbhih kartavyam
karmanam tri-gunatmanam

bija-nirharanam yogah
pravahoparamo dhiyah

tasmat—therefore; bhavadbhih—by your good selves; kartavyam—
to be done; karmandm—of all material activities; tri-guna-atmanam—
conditioned by the three modes of material nature; bija-nirharanam—
burning of the seed; yogah—the process by which one can be linked
with the Supreme; pravaha—of the continuous current in the form of
wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep; uparamah—the cessation;
dhiyah—of the intelligence.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, my dear friends, O sons of the demons, your duty is
to take to Krsna consciousness, which can burn the seed of fruitive
